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Then perhaps the 7th word in your comment should be probable and not logical.
by harryh 12y ago
Then perhaps the 7th word in your comment should be probable and not logical.
- infraruby 12y agoNo, probability theory itself is logical. topynate just showed you the (deductive) inference.
- SilasX 12y agoBut it's correct to say that the criticized handling of probability is illogical. Wait, I can phrase that better. OP said that this verdict is evidence of bias. Responder says conservation of probability means that, if the not-guilty verdict is evidence of bias, a guilty verdict must be evidence against, which is illogical. "Illogical" is a correct characterization of this use of probability.